TETA te'-ta. See ATETA. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TETA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TETH teth (T): The 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; transliterated in this Encyclopedia as "T" (a more intense "t"). It came also to be used for the number 9; and with waw ("w") for 15, with zayin ("z") for 16 (i.e. 9 plus 6 and 9 plus 7) to avoid forming regular series with the abbreviation for Yahweh. For name, etc., see ALPHABET. Copyright St

TESTIMONY, ARK OF THE tes'-ti-mo-ni (Exodus 25:21). See ARK OF THE COVENANT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TESTIMONY, ARK OF THE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TESTAMENTS, BETWEEN THE See BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TESTAMENTS, BETWEEN THE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TESTAMENTS OF THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, sec. IV, 1. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TESTAMENTS OF THE TWELVE PATRIARCHS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TESTAMENT, OLD, TEXT OF THE See TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TESTAMENT, OLD, TEXT OF THE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TESTAMENT, OLD, CANON OF THE See CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TESTAMENT, OLD, CANON OF THE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TESTAMENT, NEW, TEXT AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE See TEXT AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TESTAMENT, NEW, TEXT AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TESTAMENT, NEW, CANON OF THE See CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TESTAMENT, NEW, CANON OF THE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TESTAMENT tes'-ta-ment: The word diatheke, almost invariably rendered "covenant," was rendered in the King James Version "testament" in Hebrews 9:16,17, in the sense of a will to dispose of property after the maker's death. It is not easy to find justification for the retention of this translation in the Revised Version (British and American), "es

TESTAMENT OF ISAAC See APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE, sec. IV, 3. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TESTAMENT OF ISAAC'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TERTULLUS ter-tul'-us, ter- (Tertullos, diminutive of Latin tertius, "third"):, An orator who descended with Ananias the high priest and elders from Jerusalem to Caesarea to accuse Paul before Felix the Roman governor (Acts 24:1). Tertullus was a hired pleader whose services were necessary that the case for the Jews might be stated in proper form.

TERRIBLE, TERROR ter'-i-b'l, ter'-er (yare', "to be feared," "reverenced," arits, "powerful," "tyrannical," 'ayom, "aweinspiring," chittith "terror," ballahah, "a worn-out or wasted thing," 'emah, "fright"; phoberos, "dreadful," phobos, "fear"): The above terms, and many others which employed, denote whatever, by horrible aspect, or by greatness,

TERTIUS tur'-shi-us (Tertios): The amanuensis of Paul who wrote at his dictation the Epistle to the Romans. In the midst of Paul's greetings to the Christians in Rome he interpolated his own, "I Tertius, who write the epistle, salute you in the Lord" (Romans 16:22). "It is as a Christian, not in virtue of any other relation he has to the Romans, t

TERRACE ter'-as (mecillah): Solomon is said, in 2 Chronicles 9:11, to have made of the algum trees brought him from Ophir "terraces," or raised walks, for the house of Yahweh. In the parallel 1 Kings 10:12, the word used is rendered "pillars," margin "`a railing'; Hebrew `a prop.'" Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography In

TERESH te'-resh (teresh (Esther 2:21; 6:2); Codex Vaticanus, Codex Alexandrinus, and Codex Sinaiticus omit it; but Codex Sinaiticus' margin has Tharas and Tharras): A chamberlain of King Ahasuerus. Oppert compares the name with Tiri-dates, the name of the governor of Persepolis in the time of Alexander. Another explanation identifies it with the P

TERAPHIM ter'-a-fim. See ASTROLOGY; DIVINATION; IMAGES. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TERAPHIM'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

TEREBINTH ter'-e-binth: (1) 'elah (Isaiah 6:13, the King James Version "teil tree"; Ho 4:13, the King James Version "elms"); in Genesis 35:4 (the King James Version "oak"); Judges 6:11,19; 9:6 (the King James Version "plain"); 2 Samuel 18:9,10,14; 1 Kings 13:14; 1 Chronicles 10:12; Isaiah 1:30; Ezekiel 6:13, translated "oak," and in margin "terebi

TERAH (2) (Codex Vaticanus Tarath; Codex Alexandrinus Tharath): A wilderness camp of the Israelites between Tahath and Mithkah (Numbers 33:27,28). See WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'TERAH (2)'". "International Standard Bible Encyc

TERAH (1) te'-ra (terach; Septuagint Tharra, or (with New Testament) Thara; on the name see especially HDB, under the word): The son of Nahor and father of Abraham, Nahor and Haran (Genesis 11:24). At Abraham's birth Terah was 70 years old (Genesis 11:26), and after Abraham's marriage, Terah, Abraham, Sarah and Lot emigrated from Ur of the Chaldee